旧约 传道书(Ecclesiastes) 第三部分（转）

3:1 凡事都有定期，天下万务都有定时。
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
3:2 生有时，死有时。栽种有时，拔出所栽种的，也有时。
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3:3 杀戮有时，医治有时。拆毁有时，建造有时。
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
3:4 哭有时，笑有时。哀恸有时，跳舞有时。
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
3:5 抛掷石头有时，堆聚石头有时。怀抱有时，不怀抱有时。
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
3:6 寻梢有时，失落有时。保守有时，舍弃有时。
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
3:7 撕裂有时，缝补有时。静默有时，言语有时。
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
3:8 喜爱有时，恨恶有时。争战有时，和好有时。
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
3:9 这样看来，作事的人在他的劳碌上有什么益处呢。
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
3:10 我见神叫世人劳苦，使他们在其中受经练。
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
3:11 神造万物，各按其时成为美好。又将永生安置在世人心里。（永生原文作永远）然而神从始至终的作为，人不能叁透。
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
3:12 我知道世人，莫强如终身喜乐行善。
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
3:13 并且人人吃喝，在他一切劳碌中享福。这也是神的恩赐。
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
3:14 我知道神一切所作的，都必永存，无所增添，无所减少。神这样行，是要人在他面前存敬畏的心。
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
3:15 现今的事早先就有了。经来的事早已也有了。并且神使已过的事重新再来。（或作并且神再寻回已过的事）
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.